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Truffaut was married to Madeleine Morgenstern from 1957 to 1965, and they had two daughters, Laura (born 1959) and Eva (born 1961). Madeleine was the daughter of Ignace Morgenstern , managing director of one of France's largest film distribution companies, Cocinor , and was largely responsible for securing funding for Truffaut's first films.
Apr 12, 2024 · François Truffaut (born February 6, 1932, Paris, France—died October 21, 1984, Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris) was a French film critic, director, and producer whose attacks on established filmmaking techniques both paved the way for and pioneered the movement known as the Nouvelle Vague ( New Wave ).
The year 1957 was an important one for him: he married Madeleine Morgenstern, the daughter of an important film distributor, and founded his own production company, Les Films du Carrosse; named after Jean Renoir's The Golden Coach (1952).
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The year 1957 was an important one for him: he married Madeleine Morgenstern, the daughter of an important film distributor, and founded his own production company, Les Films du Carrosse; named after Jean Renoir 's The Golden Coach (1952). He also directed The Mischief Makers (1957), considered the real first step of his cinematographic work.
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- October 21, 1984
In 1957, Truffaut married Madeleine Morgenstern, whose father owned the film distribution company Cocinor. The couple would have two daughters, Laura and Éva, but their marriage lasted only seven years.
Jan 25, 2022 · Francois Truffaut's romantic masterpiece Jules and Jim, which celebrated its 60th anniversary on 23 January, has long been a standard for filmmakers.
Francois Truffaut was born in Paris on February 6, 1932. His unmarried mother, Janine de Monferrand, was 19 at the time and from a respectable middle-class background. Truffaut never met his biological father, who, he discovered much later in life, was a Jewish dentist.
